Record year continues for women's tennis team
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (May 4, 2008) -- The Bellarmine University women's tennis team, which has set several team and individual records this year, will see its season continue as the Knights have been invited to compete in the NCAA tournament.

Bellarmine will play in the Midwest Region #1 preliminary round to be held May 7 & 8 in Midland, Mich. at the Midland Community Tennis Center. The Knights (12-7) will face regional host Northwood University (17-1) at 1 p.m. on Thursday. May 7.

The winner of the Bellarmine and Northwood match will face the winner of the 3 p.m. matchup featuring Ashland (22-6) and Wayne State (17-7) with the regional champ advancing to the round of sixteen.

Head Women's Tennis Coach John Mican commented on his team's stellar year and NCAA invite, "Our making the NCAA tournament is a testament to all the hard work the team put in this year, including all the stairs and sprints that were run, all the drills and all the practice matches that were played.

Mican also thanked several people, "A huge debt of gratitude goes out to assistant coach Joe Weingardt, our strength and conditioning coach Katie Sutton, and the men's tennis coach Todd Murphy."

"We are also grateful for the support of the men's tennis team and the families of our players," Mican added.

The NCAA invite comes at the end of a banner year in which the Knights set several school records. Below is a list of some of the accomplishments for the women's tennis team:

Most Singles wins in a year:
1) Rebecca Porter - 20
2) Sarah Roebker - 18
3) Emily Roebker - 15
4) Monica Penon (2007) - 15
5) Maria Hornung (2007) - 15

Most Doubles wins in a year:
1) Rebecca Porter - 21
1) Emily Roebker - 21
3) Sarah Roebker - 18
3) Elizabeth Bohnert - 18

Most combined wins in a year:
1) Rebecca Porter - 41
2) Emily Roebker - 36
3) Sarah Roebker - 36

Most Conference singles wins in a year:
1) Rebecca Porter - 11

Most Conference Doubles wins in a year:
1) Elizabeth Bohnert - 10
1) Sarah Roebker - 10

All time combined wins at BU:
1) Shelly Buechler - 115
2) Maria Hornung - 94
3) Elizabeth Bohnert - 80
4) Chris Bauer - 78
5) Jade Best - 74
6) Sarah Roebker - 73
7) Debbie Flores - 61
? Rebecca Porter - 41
? Emily Roebker - 36
? Lauren Cotton - 33

Most team wins/year:
14 2004-2005
14 2006-2007
14 2008-2009
13 2005-2006
13 1988-1989

GLVC freshman of the year: Rebecca Porter
GLVC All - Conference: Sarah Roebker & Rebecca Porter
4th place in the GLVC

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